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Add. MS b/35/252 · Pièce · c 1947-c 1955
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Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dated 26 September 1906 - Has been reading 'Adonis, Attis, Osiris' and suggests other stories and practices related to the cutting up of the body of Osiris.

Add. MS b/35/260 · Pièce · c 1947-c 1955
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Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dated 26 June 1909 - Sends an extract from [William] Bartram's 'Observations on the Creek and Cherokee Indians', about a Seminole king threatening to command thunder and lightning.

Add. MS b/35/267 · Pièce · c 1947-c 1955
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Langton House, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. Dated 10 December 1918 - Thanks him for the recommendation to receive the honorary degree from Oxford; one of his boys killed in the war was educated there; has just passed 'Folk-Lore in the Old Testament' to Dr Gaster to review.

Add. MS b/35/268 · Pièce · c 1947-c 1955
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Rice Institute, Houston, Texas, U.S.A. Dated Mar. 19, 1919 - Has been reading the GB, and discusses the idea of the labyrinth and dance and Game of Troy as being representative of the motion of the moon.

Add. MS b/35/269 · Pièce · c 1947-c 1955
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Wychfield, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge. Dated [28 April 1889] - Wonders if he knows of any drawings of the sacred tree mentioned in his father's Voyage; wonders whether the golden bough is Loranthus europeans.

Add. MS b/35/272 · Pièce · c 1947-c 1955
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13 Madingley Road, Cambridge. Dated January 26, 1908 - Concerning identifying an artwork [the Nemi bust?] as representing oak, has consulted [Richard Irwin] Lynch who thinks the leaves look more like nettle.

Add. MS b/35/274 · Pièce · c 1947-c 1955
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Newnham Grange, Cambridge. Dated Dec. 22, 1900 - Thanks him for the GB, thanks Lilly Frazer for the postcards; is sending Gwen and Charles to Germany to learn the language; Ryle is the new Bishop of Exeter; the Master's [Henry Montagu Butler] health is not satisfactory; he has asked the college to look into 'too lavish pensions'.

Add. MS b/35/278 · Pièce · c 1947-c 1955
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41 Iverna Court, Kensington, W. Dated 19th January, 1912 - Has been reading the GB, encloses an article from 'The Morning Post' [transcribed] about 'the hunt of the wren'; her brother is Dr Murray of Selwyn.

Add. MS b/35/289 · Pièce · c 1947-c 1955
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Duke's Bungalow, Belgravia, Talawakelle, Ceylon. Dated 22 Nov. 1901 - Provides more information on water 'cut' from the river at sunrise; also sent a copy of the letter on Yantra-gals to Andrew Lang, who had it published; notes the necklaces and charms covering the nipples and vulva worn by Tamil girls; wonders why Tamils put a ring on the 2nd toe when getting married.

Add. MS b/35/294 · Pièce · c 1947-c 1955
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55 Primrose Mansions, Battersea Park, London, S.W. Dated 7.12.06 - Has been reading the review of 'Adonis, Attis, Osiris' and wonders if there is a connection between the custom of a girl's first intercourse in the Yao tribe in central Africa and the custom of Babylonish women at the temple of Mylitta.

Add. MS b/35/297 · Pièce · c 1947-c 1955
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c/o British bia Consulate, Scutari, Albania, Turkey in Europe. Dated March 13 - Has been reading his book on Taboo, sees he has quoted her notes on Albania, and sends more, including one told her by Holman Hunt of a reluctance to have portraits painted lest the portrait be admitted to heaven first on the Day of Judgment; thinks that unless Europe interferes it is likely the North Albanian Christian will disappear; Prenk Pasha is a man of 'no capacity' but looked on as sent by God; she is the centre of a myth, is supposed to have cured a man shot in the head, rather than the doctor who saved him.